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130090. INDIGOFERA SP . From China. Collected near Wachin, Muli, Yunnan, by T. T. 

 Yu, with the Yunnan Expedition of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology and presented 

 by the Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass. The seedlings have pinnate leaves with 

 light-green ovate leaflets about an inch long. For trial from Philadelphia southward. 

 (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



128208. IPOMOEA CAIRICA. (Convolvulaceae . ) From Argentina. Collected in Cordoba 

 Gardens, Cordoba, by H. L. Blood and L. Tremelling, Bureau of Plant Industry. An 

 herbaceous perennial vine of moderate growth with palmately compound leaves about 4 

 inches across. The showy lavender flowers, 2^ to 3 inches across, remain open until 

 past noon, frequently until midafternoon. At Glenn Dale, Maryland, the plants 

 survived the winter of 1938-39 out-of-doors. For trial from Philadelphia southward. 

 (Glenn Dale, Md. ) 



128344. JACARANDA CAUCANA. (Bignoniaceae . ) From Colombia. Presented by Dr. Vidal 

 Y. Guitart, Escuela Superior de Agricultura Tropical, Call, through Dr. David Fair- 

 child. An erect deciduous tree, native to the Cauca Valley, Colombia. It is a 

 favorite of the natives because of its beautiful, bright-blue flowers, about 1-|- 

 inches long, borne in large terminal panicles in July just after the leaves drop. It 

 is said to flower lightly in January also. The large bipinnate leaves, with numerous 

 small leaflets, are typical of the genus. For trial in the warmest parts of Florida, 

 the Gulf Coast, and the Southwest. (Glenn Dale, Md.) 



128209. JACARANDA SP. From Bolivia. Collected at an altitude of about 8,000 feet 

 near Sucre, by H. L. Blood and L. Tremelling, Bureau of Plant Industry. A tree with 

 bipinnate leaves, with numerous small leaflets, resembling those of J. acutifolia. 

 Flowers reported to be large, carapanulate, and brown. For trial in the warmest parts 

 of Florida, the Gulf coast, and the Southwest. (Supply very limited.) (Glenn Dale, 

 Md.) 



113769. KENMEDIA NIGRICANS . (Fabaceae.) From Australia. Presented by the Melbourne 

 Botanic Gardens, South Yarra. A free-growing, twining, woody vine, from Western 

 Australia, with very numerous leaves composed of 1 to 3 broadly ovate leaflets 2 to 

 5 inches long; the lateral leaflets when present are always smaller than the terminal. 

 The deep violet-purple flowers, appearing during March and April, are about 1 inch in 

 length and are borne in short axillary racemes which are obscured by the dense 

 foliage. The plant withstands direct sunlight and high temperatures without injury 

 and is reported to endure a minimum of 10^ P., if not long continued. It is subject 

 to red spider, thrips, and cottony cushion scale. Vegetative propagation is by soft- 

 wood cuttings. For trial in southern Florida and southern California. (Chico, 

 Calif,) 



127792. LANTANA SP. From Peru. Collected at about 6,000 feet altitude, west of 

 Curahau.si, by H. L. Blood and L. Tremelling, Bureau of Plant Industry. Found grow- 

 ing as a lo'.y spreading shrub at varying altitudes along the roadside, among rocks. 

 At Chico, Calif., the plants have grown to 5 feet high, with a spread of 6 feet. The 

 somewhat cordate leaves and the alternating rose and golden flowers, in flat-topped 

 heads, resemble Lantana camara but the plant is more attractiv^e than the common forms 

 of that species. For trial in Califormia and the Southwest and in the Gulf region. 

 (Chico, Calif.) 



